While just 12.5 per cent of parents with an alcohol and drug addiction are reunited with their children at the end of care proceedings, this proportion increases to 52 per cent among those where a FDAC is involved.
In cases where these courts are involved a third of parents stop misusing drugs or alcohol, compared with eight per cent where such specialist help for parents is not part of care proceedings.
FDAC were introduced through the 2014 Children and Families Act as an alternative to standard care proceedings and involve a multi-disciplinary team working with parents and a judge to reduce substance abuse issues.
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